Canada

MPs call for Commons committee to launch emergency probe of use of mobile data

OTTAWA - Opposition MPs want the House of Commons ethics committee to investigate the Public Health Agency of Canada's decision to collect data from millions of mobile phones to understand travel patt...

Jan 10, 2022

Critics stress health system capacity constraints ahead of first ministers meeting

OTTAWA - Health experts and government critics are calling on the prime minister and premiers to fix cracks in Canada's health system and improve surge capacity as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. Pri...

Jan 10, 2022

Fortin's fight for reinstatement gets shot in the arm following Appeal Court decision

OTTAWA - Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin's fight for reinstatement as head of Canada's COVID-19 vaccine distribution campaign goes on after a critical decision by the Federal Court of Appeal. In a decision rele...

Jan 10, 2022

Inquest into Quebec long-term care deaths during pandemic's first wave to resume

MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner's inquest into deaths in long-term care homes during the pandemic's first wave enters its final stage today, resuming after a month-long pause. Almost 4,000 people died in ...

Jan 10, 2022

COVID hospitalizations nearing or reaching record highs in several provinces

COVID-19 cases are threatening to overwhelm hospitals in several parts of Canada, with hospitalizations nearing or reaching record highs in Quebec, Ontario, and New Brunswick. Former CEO of the Univer...

Jan 10, 2022

Most support workplace diversity but not if it's a job qualification: national survey

REGINA - Most people in a new Canada-wide survey say equal representation in government is important, but they don't support employers taking demographic characteristics into account in hiring and pro...

Jan 10, 2022

COVID-19 cases fill hospital beds in parts of Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick

VANCOUVER - Hospitals in several parts of Canada are straining under the weight of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, with Quebec hospitalizations reaching an all-time high on Sunday and Ontario's admis...

Jan 09, 2022

U.S. urged to use 'Sully' to help Canada, allies get PS752 compensation from Iran

OTTAWA - Canada and its allies are being urged to aggressively reach into the Iranian government's pocket to find assets to compensate for the regime's downing of Ukraine International Airlines Flight...

Jan 09, 2022

First Nation says Alberta is preventing it from taking control of child welfare

A First Nation in Alberta says it's been nearly three months since it was supposed to take legal control of its own child welfare but the provincial government won't recognize the arrangement made pos...

Jan 09, 2022

Survey finds oilsands environmental monitoring ineffective after 10 years

EDMONTON - Alberta doesn't have a good grasp of the overall environmental impacts of the oilsands a decade after implementing monitoring that was supposed to provide it, internal government documents ...

Jan 09, 2022